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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

THOMAS O. POTTER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,475, dated June '7,1881.

Application filed April 28, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LTHoMAs O. POTTER, of Boston,in the county of Suffolkand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the ac companying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in whichFigure- 1 is a plan of a blank from which the buckle-frame is formed.Fig. 2 is an elevation of the complete buckle. Fig. 3 is a plan of thebuckle. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aperspective of one ear of the buckle. Figs. 6, 7, S, and 9 are,respectively, an elevation, cross-section, detail, and perspective viewsof a modification in construction.

This invention has for its object the specific construction hereindescribed, whereby the buckle is easily and cheaply made, and whencompleted has no points or projections upon which the clothing can catchor be worn.

A is the blank from which the buckle is formed. It is made of someeasily-shaped metal, and embraces the body a, the hookforming portion b,and the ears 0,- and in each earis formed a socket, d, by the processknown as striking up, and which involves the displacement of the metalby suitable dies, under pressure, without destroying its continuity.With some kinds of metal it may bcneeessary to temper the ears beforestriking up the sockets. The sockets open upon the inner side of theears, and their projections upon the outer side, formed by the strikingup, are so well rounded that they do not form what may be termed wearingprojections or points, upon which the clothing may catch or wear. Thesockets preferably are formed before the ears are bent at right anglesto the body, as represented in Fig. 2, although they may be struck upafter the ears are bent, if desired.

The jaw e and the lever g are struck up from a snitably-sha 'ied blank,and may be provided with ears for embracing the pivotal bar f, asrepresented, or may have projecting from each side, as shown in Figs. 6,7, 8, and 9, the pivots h, which project outwardly from the ends of thedownwardly or inwardly projecting arms m. Whichever method is employedthe ends of the bar or pivots h fit within the sockets, and the outersurface of the jaw c is brought in line with the upper edges or ends ofthe ears 0, thereby preventing the cars from becoming sharp isolatedprojections upon which clothing may wear or be caught.

The advantages of this invention are economy in the use of metal,simplicity and cheapness of construction, and protection of the ends ofthe pivot-s or cross-bar by a rounded continuous surface, which preventstheir doing any injury to clothing.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent ""of the United States- The combination, in a buckle,of the frame provided with the sockets d with the jaw c, supported insuch sockets and having its ends entirely inclosed therein, allsubstantially as shown and described.

THOMAS O. POTTER.

Witnesses F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, W. O. Foee.

